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HANNIBAL
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	“After de freedom come we could vote, but some of us never done it. To dis day I ain‘t never voted. De government has been as good to us as dey could. I get ten dollars a month and think I should have more, but I know dey is giving us all de~ can and some day dey will give us ex~slaves more.

	“I am glad dat we have Our churches and schools. We don‘t have no business being with de good white people. Dey is cultured and WE) IS n~o:t,~ but some day we will be as good and de~ will be glad to have us ‘round~dem more. J~ust ‘cause we is black is no sign that we ain‘~t good niggers.

	“I	‘ t like de way de younger generation I s doln‘ . As my neighbors say, ‘the devil is gettin‘ dem and it won‘t be long ‘fore he will come ~iid get dem all..‘ When I was young we didn‘t act like dey do now-~a~days. We didn‘t get drunk and stay dat way and kill each other. De good Lord is going to do something to all of dem,
	mark my word.	~ ~	~	.

	“I can‘t ‘mémber someof the songs we sung, but when we was

freedwe sang ‘1~aster‘s Body Is Moulding in the. Grave‘ ‚ and I
know some of dem is • „	~	~ ~ ~

.~ WIll~m Blaek jives by himself in e. ho~xse owned by his daugh~
	kind of	has not